Towards the end of Dr. Katz, Bouchard and Brendon Small teamed up to create Home Movies.[3] The show was picked up initially by UPN, which dropped it after five episodes; the remaining eight episodes from season one, and the subsequent three seasons, were shown on Adult Swim. The show was not renewed after the conclusion of the fourth season in 2004.

In 2009, Bouchard got together with King of the Hill writer and producer Jim Dauterive and developed Bob's Burgers, an animated series about a family working at a hamburger restaurant.[7] Bouchard grew up in a working-class family full of "blue collar creatives" and created Bob's Burgers because he didn't see that kind of life represented on TV.[8] In 2010, Fox placed the series on the primetime slate for the 2010–11 television season.[9] A special preview aired on Thanksgiving on November 25, 2010.[10] When the series premiered, it received mixed reviews with a Metacritic score of 54 out of 100.[11] However, as the first season progressed and concluded and the second began, critics began giving the series praise. The show has generally been viewed as a spiritual successor to King of the Hill, which carried less emphasis on shock comedy and focused more on character-driven humor.[12]